British 7th Armored Division

The British 7th Armored Division was an armored formation of the British Army that existed from 1938 to 1958. The division was nicknamed "the Desert Rats", and the division fought in most of the battles of the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa from 1940 to 1943. The division later took part in the invasion of Italy, Operation Overlord, and the advance into Germany. The division ended the war in Kiel and Hamburg in May 1945, and the division was disbanded in 1958.